Improvement in gas-stoves



c. BURNHAM all. 6.1mm.

Gas-Stove.

Patented April 20, 1875.

No. 162,150. I

TH E GRAPHIC C0.PH OTOY-LITHJQ 8; PARK PLACE, N.Y.

CHARLES BURNHAM AND JOSEPH G. TAITE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.

IMPROVEMENT-IN GAS-STQVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,150, dated April.0,1875; application filed 'March 24, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHAS. BURNHAM, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, and J0s.Gr.TA11E, ofPhiladelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gas-Stoves; and we dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings and to the lettersof reference marked thereon. V

This invention consists, first, in the employment, in a gas stove, of apeculiarly constructed reflector; and, second, in the combination of thereflector with a special arrangement of gas-jets.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of our improvedgas'stove; and Fi 2, a central vertical sectional elevation of the same.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, wewill now proceed to describe fully its construction and manner ofoperation.

A represents the base of the stove, which may be constructed of anysuitable conformation and size. B represents a campaniform or or bellshaped reflector, closed at the top, which is properly secured to theupper surface of the base portion, and provided with a plain orcorrugated surface, made, preferably, of copper, and adapted to reflectin an outward direction the rays of light and heat which may be thrownupon it. 0 represents aradiating-drum located above the reflector, andsupported by suitable standards, which is essentially provided with acentral opening, 0, a diaphragm or plate, 0 and the series of openings 0The remaining portion of the drum may be constructed in any propermanner. D represents the gas-pipe, the dischargeend of which is arrangedin the form of a ring,

and located above the top of the reflector, with the flame-openingsarranged upon its inner sides, as indicated in Fig. 2.

The operation is as follows: The stove having been properly connected tothe fixed pipe in the building the gas may be turned on and a lightapplied to the flame-openings. The gas'flames will be'drawn to thecenter by the current of air passing into the central opening 0 throughthe chamber or flue formed between the plate 0 and out of the openings 0The heat caused by the flames accumulating in the triangular spacebetween the ring, the apex, and the base of the reflector is reflectedhorizontally outward into the room in every direction, and also downwardat all the many angles caused by the form of the reflector from thehorizontal line to the floor. By means of the peculiar form of thisreflector a very large space can be reached by the warmth created. I tcan be readily adapted to any form of stove, and its appearance isornamental and pleasing tothe eye.

We do not claim, broadly, a reflecting gasstove, nor a concavegas-reflector, whose inner surface is bright, such as are used forchandeliers and locomotives; but

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The gas-stove described, having the base A, reflector B, and gas-ringD, constructed and arranged as described.

2. The combination of the reflector and gasring with the radiating-drumO, as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 18th day of March, 1875.

CHAS. BURNHAM. JUS. Gr. TAITE. Witnesses:

Boer. MoGURnY, J N0. M. McOUaDv.

